They found critical praise and toured with many leading bands of the 1980s but never broke out of cult status to achieve mainstream success due in part to their hard-to-classify style.
The other two initial members of the band were drummer Kevin Foley (who was formerly in the Nuns with Alejandro) and bassist Denny DeGorio.
Records Presents The Cutting Edge, where they were covered as one of the Austin bands then sometimes grouped together under the name "New Sincerity".
[1] William Michael Smith of the Houston Press has written that "In an industry littered with tragic stories of bad luck and poor decisions, the True Believers' tale ranks right at the top.
"[1] Jason Cohen of Texas Monthly has said that the Believers were "widely considered to be Austin’s best band of the mid-eighties.